A friend gave me a long leaf of this plant and I cut it into 4 inch sections, dipped the ends in root hormone and it rooted in just a few days. I shared the plants and had blooms by late summer the next year.

My epi thriving under the peach tree

One of three blooms in June of 2003. This is a small plant but had another two blooms in late July.

My plant, from seeds found in Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico.

Close-up of night bloom.

Even closer...

beautiful, but no scent!

side shot

love the detail on the flower

Epiphyllum Hookeri taken early morning hours on 07/11/04

Before sunrise photo. The flower drooped an hour later.

two of the 80 blooms i have had this year!

Two together this morning.

Orchis Cactus bud. Will bloom tomorrow.

Fruit pod on Cactus.

The first ever bloom was almost 8". My new favorite plant.

Epiphyllum hookeri, bloomed in early morning of 4/16/06

This is the bloom on my Night Blooming Cereus Plant taken last year. A friend had given me cuttings from her plant which I rooted in water and then potted. It seems to love being pot-bound.

This one grows crazy in zone9, it blooms 4 times during three months, and it is so easy to root from cutting.

Another view of those beautiful flowers, you can even make soup out of them :-)

Have abused this plant for two years, and not taken good care of it, froze it, dried it, hot full sun, etc. and this is how it rewards me. I like this plant. (Florida panhandle)

Blooms fading in the daylight

Epiphyllum strictum, also known as Epiphyllum hookeri

This is the first time ever mine has bloomed. Made for a very exciting evening for the family.

Two blooms on a Epiphyllum strictum

Photo taken 9/13/08 @ 11:30 p.m.

Buds getting ready to open any day now

Several buds close to opening

The fruit forms when the flower gets pollinated (by bats or moths??? I am not sure.) It is sweet. Not sure if I was supposed to eat it though :)

Another view of the fruit

Unripe fruit

More unripe fruit

Root formation at a spot where a leaf broke

Newly forming flower buds. My plant is more orange colored due to a lot of sun exposure. I kind of like it :)

They bloom in the evening; this is what it looked like 24 hours later - the next day. A little saggy

They bloom in the evening; this is what it looked like 24 hours later - the next day. A little saggy

Just purchased this, it needs to be planted

Just put it in the pot

2 days after the blooms opened and they are very saggy now

2 days after the blooms opened and they are very saggy now

The fruit have begun to decompose. You can see the black seeds inside.

Side view of hookeri

Hookeri flower

Week old Flower bud of hookeri

Flower bud of Hookeri epiphyllum about 3-4 days old

I put my epiphyllum in a cage so it would take up less space and it makes easier to cover in winter with out braking lots of leaves off.

5 year old epiphyllum hookeri

10 year old Epiphyllum Hookeri

First bloom after 5 years and 10 months of waiting.

It sure was satisfying after such a long wait to get such a beautiful flower.

This epiphyllum grows in our large frangipanni tree and is home to both brush tail and ring tail possums

Hooker's Orchid Cactus (Epiphyllum hookeri) just bllomed last night and here it is about 8AM this morning.